Active Sky 2016 (AS16) represents the culmination of 16 years of weather simulation engine development! New In-Cloud Motion Effects, Weather Scenarios System, Airborne Weather Radar, P3D v3 Visibility Smoothing and Volumetric Fog Integration, Navigraph Data Integration, Re-designed Map-based Custom Weather Editing System, Universal Web Companion App, an Improved Mapping System and a High-Latitude Cloud Squeeze Fix are just a few of the new features to debut in this brand new version of Active Sky.

Beyond the many new features, AS16 also extends and improves all aspects of weather simulation and depiction, from data parsing, to synthesis, interpolation, depiction, performance, and everything in-between, your entire weather experience will be more realistic than ever before.

AS16 also incorporates full integration with Active Sky Cloud Art (ASCA), our brand new graphics add-on for both FSX and P3D. ASCA includes cloud textures, sky textures, and brand new 3D cloud models to transform your skies, while also debuting a ground-breaking new feature when used in combination with AS16: Real-Time Dynamic Cloud and Sky Textures! This enables realistic weather-influenced texture variation that reloads throughout your flight without needing to shut down and restart your simulator. You can use any graphics add-on(s) with AS16, but dynamic texture reloads require the AS16+ASCA combination.

Feature Highlights:

In-Cloud Motion Effects - Feel the speed of motion while flying through clouds

ASCA Integration for Real-Time Texture Dynamics - AS16 works with any texture/graphics add-ons (including default graphics), but when combined with ASCA, real-time texture dynamics and automatic wx-influenced selections are enabled

Web Companion App - Remotely view and control weather using any device on your local network with new webserver/browser technology

New Map System - Vector Background Options and New Overlays

NAVIGRAPH Data Integration - Airports, Navaids and Fixes now provided by Navigraph! A complimentary expired database is included with AS16, and regular AIRAC cycle updates are available with a Navigraph subscription

Additional Features:

High-Fidelity Data Resolution and Coverage - Active Sky 16 includes enhanced global gridded weather data, global sigmets and airmets, global surface data and global aloft data for much improved realism and coverage for all kinds of conditions in all areas without relying strictly on METAR reports

Performance-Focused Design - We’ve taken the previous codebase for Active Sky and re-factored it, tuned it, and re-designed many core areas for increased performance and usability

User Interface Improvements - We’ve incorporated user feedback and made dozens and dozens of improvements throughout the entire UI

Award-Winning Active Sky Weather Simulation Engine – Enhanced Further! - We’ve been enhancing and growing Active Sky since 2000, and this new version expands our weather engine even further than ever before

Enhanced Thunderstorm Effects - Thunderstorms are now very dangerous, as they are in the real world, and require avoidance, in most cases, to ensure safe and successful completion of your flights – Flying into heavy cells can result in loss of aircraft control and even airframe stress overload

Hybrid Weather Depiction Technology - AS16 uses multiple integration and depiction methods to provide realistic, smooth and correct weather and ambient conditions at all times, while also providing full cloud position awareness to enable advanced cloud-synchronized radar, precipitation and air effects

Moving software to another computer will deactivate the previous computer

10 automatic reactivations are permitted

Multiple-computer installations will require an individual AS16 license for each computer that it is installed on

Recommended

3.0GHZ Processor or better

4GB RAM or better

Broadband high-speed internet connection

1280×800 or better resolution

UPGRADE VERSION: You may upgrade to AS16 at a discounted price if you have a valid licence number for either ActiveSky Evolution, ActiveSky 2012, or ActiveSky Next. No refunds, No returns if you are unable to upgrade the product. Click here for the Upgrade Version of AS16.